Antifriaring device



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.H. A. w. WOOD ANTIFiRIARING DEVICE Original Filed March 24 1921 4. Shee ts-S heet 4 ?atentcd May 18, i925.

N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO W001! NEWSPAPER MA;- YORK, H. 'Y., A CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA.

MTIEBIARING DEVICE.

Application filed March 24, 1921. Serial no. 455,347. Renewed September 4, 1525.

The principal objects of this invention are to carry out more fully the princlples .of my Patent No. Ltd? ,652 patented May 30,

' 1922 on an application filed July 17, 1218 and to'improve thereon, and more specifically, to avoid the necessity of cutting away the bearing-box in order to insert the take up device; to provide an arrangement which can be eo sil inspected; to provide one which cannot app y a breaking action to the journal of the cylinder; to provide for automatic adjustment to take up the sli ht weer,

thus eliminating the delicate operation necessary where hand adjustment is used and preventing the postponement of adjustment after it becomes necessary; and to provide is single adjustment serving to act on both cylinders of the couple.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter. Referenceis'to'be hadto the accompanying drawings in which v Fig. 1 is a sectional View through the journals of a printing couple illustrating,

one way in which the invention can be applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is an end View of shearing for one of the cylinders showing a. modification; 1 o Fig. 3' is a. sectional view of the same on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is e fre nrentary end view showing another modi cation.

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic sectional view on enlarged. scale through the two journals showingthe eccentricity considerably exaggcrated, and omitting several parts; and

Fig. 6 is a. central horizontal sectional view or" the same on the same scale.

cation, the rotary Web newspaper printing press. is limited in speed on account of several things. One of the limitations due to the fact-that when the gap between the two following plates of a plate cylinder comes to the impression point the strain oi? printing is relaxed suddenly and the cylinders tend to spring together The printing 'into the gap'and, soon as the gap passes, the edge of the oncoming printing plate dclivers :1 blow to the impression cylinder. Ibis sets up a vibrution which results in As stated in my above identified appli periphery of the impression cylinder moves.

friaring, namely, the production of waves of heavy and li ht color on the print. This obviously int-erihres with the perfection of the work, The causes of this phenomenon are that if either cylinder or shaft is too lighter the supporting frame is too Weak the parts will be allowed to spring as stated above, and cause this dificulty. Also if these parts are sufliciently heavy they will not spring, but-the effect will still be present if there is any play in either of the cylinder journal boxes. This play is present I find in all cases. Even the microscopic oil space left between the journal box and journal, which is usually not more than one or two thpusandths of an inch, is sutficient to'permit of such an oscillation and its consequent, imperfect pr not where the present high speeds are used. The blanket against which the news print paper is pressed by the printing plate'has a hard oilcloth face that is not as resilient as would appear. If the printing plate covered with small characters is pressed too far into the paper the bottoms of the lettors, as well as their faces, blurs them and is liable tofracture the paper and cause stoppage of the machine. The wear of the'boxes above mentioned allows the cylinder shafts to vibrate so that the cylinders cannot be kept at any accurate distance apart forany appreciable length of time; Owing to the fact that the paper itself is only 8 1000 of an inch thick it will be obvious that only'a little wear has to take place to equal the thickness of the paper. On account of thesedifiiculties and the heavy pressure under which the cylinders work the speed of operation is ordinnrily kept below 500 turns per minute. One of-the objects of this invention is to avoid these difficulties so as to permit of. higher speed.

will print.- This In my above mentioned patent I occo mi plish these objects by means of wedges set in the journal boxes which could be constantly adjusted in such a Way that they would keep the journal boxes thrust snugly against the working sides of the respective boxes. In that way even after great wear the operator could take up the wear from day to day and secure good printing without broken sheets, However, this would,

spection and repairs. n this'way I leave" the box with its normal wearing surface and I also provide an anti-friction ball bearing m at this point so that no increase in the triotion will be produced by it. I

The bearing balls also have enough elasticity. I find, so that, if there is a heating and couse uent expansion of the parts, they 29 yield slig tly, but enough to relieve theparts and permit the machine to continue to run without clamping the bearing. Heretofore the heating of the parts has caused enough ex ansion tomake the bearing seize and stop t e press.

The steel bearing balls on the market are elastic. They are com premiblebut they re act instantaneously. hey act like, and in fact are, spherical springs. Therefore this hearing can be set very firmly against one sde of the journal, so that the journal bears with equal firmness against the working side of the box. This result is secured by this invention without producing the rigid clamping effect that was exerted in all previous devices. i

In iny abovemientioned patent I have set forth a mcthod of obviating this difiiculty which is based on the causes thereof and secures the'desired results in a higher degree than can be accomplished merely by producing the parts in a heavy form. and fitting them more snugly. Ihe'present invention has to do with the further perfection of for the purposes mentioned above.

Instead of inserting a block in the box itself as in that case, I sn-rroundthe journal just outside the box with a ball hearing. The inner ring of this ball bearin 'fis cured to the journal while the oiu'i r ring is carried in a housing which may be adjustably secured to the journal box itself or to a part of the frame ot-the machine. 1 place this against the journal at the point where it emerges from the box so as to be readily accessible. This does away with all need of cutting into the journal box and 1'0- (luciug the bearing area. I apply pressure to a- 'us the outer race so as to thrust and hold the ournal firmly against the worksidc of its box usin my above identified patent. I. of Pours-e. provide for performing this operation on imill cylinders and as will appear hereinafter I have shown a means that method by means of apparatus designedfor acmmplishing this adjustment automatically for both cylinders.

It is to be noted that the form shown in Figs. 2 and 3 is somewhatmodificd from that shown in Fig. 1, but in describing the elements of the press itself I. sometimes refer to Fig. 3 Where they are shown more fully. The invention is shown as applied to two cylinders constituting a printing couple, each journal 4 of each cylinder 1 being mounted in a cylindrical box 2 made eccentric outside primarily for the adjustment of the cylinders toward and from each other. This box is fixed in an eccentric hole in the frame and has a lining 3 in which the journal 4 of the cylinder is located. On this journal is'a gear 5 for transmitting power to it.

Surrounding a reduced part of the journal between the end of the lining 3 and the gear 5 in the hole in the frame which receives the box 2 is a take-up housing 6. This housing has an eccentric circular periphery having the same eccentricity as the box 21nd therefore adapted to be turned in the same hole. On the reduced part of the journal within the housing 6 is a take-up bearing 7 with a filling-in collar 8 at its end. An oil collar 9 of well known construction is also shown. This-bearing 7 is shown as of an anti-friction type thus eliminating the friction of the'take-up device. The housin itself is provided with ears projcctin rom it and having circumferential slots t irough which pass guide studs 15 mounted in stationary position on the frame 'or box and provided with heads. The housing, therefore, can be turned slightly for ad ustment of the journal, but the exterior cylindrical surface is always concentric-with the box 2.

In the form shown in Fig. 1,.the ballbearing is of course concentric with the journal, but it is held in the eccentric recess in the housing 6. This housin has a projectwn 10 extending radially t ere from b which it can be turned on an axis for a justing purposes. When pressure is a plied to the projection 10 inwardly, t e

ousi ng 6 will turn slightly and force the journal over a little and have the same effect as in my above identified application. That is, by the adjustment pressure is applied to the. journal through the outer race iii a. direction to hold the journal 4 firmly against the work side of its hearing. In the form shown in Fig. 1 this is the lower outer side.

For the purpose ofavoiding the necessity of adjusting each of these housings separately and by hand I-locate the two proections 10 on the'two housings preferably at the top and across them I locate a rod 10 having a head on one end and a nut 17 on the other. l'nder this nut there is a collar 19 and a spring 19 is located between the collar and the adjacent projection 10.

mamas This spring can be made as strong as necessary and its function is to always pull the projections toward each other and tend my above identified case. Thus the spring serves automatically to keep the'two cylinders of the couple so adjusted that the journals they control shall always remain firin- 1y against the work-sides of their bearings under 'a predeterminedpressure controlled by the spring. This action occurs and is retained regardless of the amount of wear which occurs. If at any time it is desired to avoid a yielding pressure and employ a pgsitive connection a screw, as for example, that shown at 20 in, Fig. 4, can be employed in cooperationwith a stud 21 on the frame. This screw screws throu h the stud and adjusts each of the cylind ers separately or a ositive screw arrangement can be employed 1n e form'shown in Fig. 1 as will be oh- 5 an, .6 show this action exaggerated, t 'e parts 3, '2', 8, '9 and 15 being omitted to avoid confusion.

In the form shown in Figs. 2 and 3 I have illustrated 'an adjusting worm .for

adjusting a worm gear 31 located-in an enlargement'on the housing 6. A-cap 32 is provided for making a'bearing for the adusting w0rm.. The gear 31 has a. stud 33 screwing into the end of the e 'linder hearing on which it is eccentrically coated. The gear is located in-a n opening 35 in the eccentric housingti. A co ar 34 is shown and the same guidestuds-l: as shown in Fig.1:

/Vhen the worm 30 turns or thep'ressure of the spring 19 is allowed to operate in Fig. l the housing 6 is turned slightly. Its. .circumierEntial motion isshort, but it 1113- plies pressure in either case in the manner indicated in Fig. 1. This causes the lions: mg to be turned'in the frame. In this case the amount of eccentricity, that is, the dis-,-

tance between the centers of the housing 6' and the journal 4 acts as a lever to hold the I journal firmly against the side of the box. This prevents the journal from rebounding or lumping when pressure between the printin zz cylinders is released as stated above.

. By thus holding the two memhersof the printing couple at the same distance apart atthe time they pass the margins and during the true printing operation. I prevent the springlng of the cylinders toward and from each 'other when the stramis passing fronrthe minimum to the maximum and vice versa. This prevents the vibration and isan important-factor in permitting of speeds much higher than those now in use. The steel balls of the ball hearing are clastic. They constitute spherical springs that are compressible but react quickly. Therefore if there is any heating and expansion of the parts, the bearingfalthough set very firmly against one side of'tl'i'eijournal, wi 1 yield sufiiciently to relieve the rigid clamping action that would be produced if it were not for the ball bearings. This is a very important feature of the invention because .with all previous constructions the press was liable to be stopped on account of the heating, expanding, and consequent clamping of the bearing.

.I also avoid the cutting away of the journal box in order to insert it, locate the bear-' ing outside where it can be inspected very readily, prevent it from applying any brakmg effect at any time, and, in the form shown in Fig. 1, do away with the necessity for hand adjustment. This an extremely delicate operation which few men are -com-' the present invention, particularly in its viousto any one skilled in the art. Fi

preferred form as shown in Fig. 1, the ad- 9 each journalin its box, a housing for each bearing, means extending from one housing to the other on each side of the press for -c'onnectmg said housings, and means constantly acting on said means to force person skilled in the art withloo the housings circumferentially in opposite no directions.

2. In a rotary printing press, the combination with a printing couple consisting of impression and plate cylinders having jour nals, and boxes for said journals, of external housings for the journals, housings for said bearings, and means cooperating with saidhousings for yieldingly .forcini. both of said ,cylinders apart and each of their journals against the working sides of their boxes which receive the wear and constantly 'holding them in that position to. prevent their movement tovtardhiich other irrespective ofwear,

3. in a printing press, the combination with a printing couple, of two pairs, of

boxes for the journals of the cylinders, a. ball bearing cage externally mounted on the end of each journal, a housing for each cage, a-rod extending from one housing to the other on each side of the press, and a til tion of one of spring on -the rod arranged to force the housings circumferentially in opposite directions.

i. In a printing press, the combination of a pair of co-operating printing cylinders at, the end of each of which -is a journal' and its box, and a take-up device adapted to keep the journal of each a shut the working side of its box, the sai take-up device of one cylinder journal being ponnected to a take-up device of the opposite cylinder journal, so that the journals of both will be thrust apart and held'against the working sides of their respective boxes with a T pressure commonto both.

:5. The combination, in a rotary printing press, of a supporting frame, a cylinder of the rinting couple, and its boxes having bearings for the journals thereof, with means located externally of said frame on a box, entirely beyond the bearing surface of the journal, for adjusting said bearing circumferentially and eocentrically to cause the journal to press against the working surface of the box to prevent lateral motion of said cylinder.

6. Inarotar'f- 'nting rose, the combinag: cylin ers of a printing couple havingexternal ball bearings for the ends of its 'o'urrlals adjustably located on the box byon the journal bearings and. accessible from the outside, with an eccentric take-up housing outside the frame adjustable circumicrenti'slly to keep the journal firmly against the working surface of its box, irrespective of the pressure to which any point on the circumference of the cylinlit der is subjected.

7. In a printing press, the combination with a cylinder and its boxes, of an antifrictional cage on each journal at the side of the box and entirely surrounding the journail, and meansfor exerting pressure on said cage to force the journals against the work sides of their boxes.

8. In a rotary printing press,-the coinbination with a frame, a rinting couple consisting of impression and late cylinders having journals, and boxes or said journals, of additional bearings located outside of said frame where the journals emerge from the boxes, and means co-opcrating with said additional bearings for forcing said cylinders apart to take up the wear.

'9. In a rotary printing press, the combination of a supporting frame, a cylinder of the printing couple, and its boxes having bearings for the joiirnals thereof, with means located externally of said bearings for maintaining the said journals against the working sides of their bearings.

10, Thecombination, in a rotary printing press of the frame, a printing couple and means located adjacent to said bearing but' .outside the bearing surface for holdin the journal against the working side of its ar- 1n 12. The combination with a rotary printing press, of a supporting frame, a cylinder forming one of the printing couple, and its boxes having bearings for the journals thereof, with means eccentric to said bearing located outside the bearing surfaces for maintamin the said journals against the work-' ing sides of their bearin s.

13. In a printing Cy inder bearing, the combination with a box and a journal. of elastic means for holding the journal against the working side of the box.

14. In a printing cylinder bearing, the

-combination with a box and a journal, of

elastic means for holding the journal against the working side of the box, and means for adjusting said elastic means.

15 In a printing cylinder beari the combination with a box and a joui fiil, of elastic means for holding the journal against the-working side of the box, said elastic means comprising a series of compremible rolling elements.

16. In a printing cylinderbearing, the combination with a box and a journal, of elastic means for holding the journal against the Working side of the box, said elastic means comprising a series-of independently rotatable steel balls constitutingan antifriction bearing.

1 7. In a printing cylinder bearing, the combination of a box, a printing cylinder journal, a cage on the journal, and compressible elastic members in the cage capable of yielding quickly'to relieve the pressure if the parts heat and expand, whereby the bearin; will not seize and stop rotation of the cylinder.

18. In a printing press, the'combination with a cylinder and its boxes, of an antifrictional cage on each journal of the box and surrounding the journal, said cage comprising a set of elastic elements, and means for'cxerting pressure on said cage tovforce the journals against the work sides of their boxes.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto nilixcd my signature,

HENRY a. WISE W001). 

